閩

Glyph origin
. The radical was a common component of the names of barbarians, probably reflecting the Min people's worship of snakes.

Etymology
relates it to, but this comparison is no longer held in STEDT.

In most modern Min dialects and some other southern dialects (including Hakka and Xiang), it is read with a level tone, which is the expected reflex based on rime dictionaries. In Mandarin and the remaining southern dialects, it is read with a rising tone, probably due to analogy with the phonetic component of.

Definitions

 * 1)  Min people ancient ethnic group
 * 2) Fujian
 * 3)  Min languages
 * 1)  Min languages
 * 1)  Min languages
 * 1)  Min languages
 * 1)  Min languages

Compounds

 * : Southern Min
 * : Southern Min
 * : Southern Min

Proper noun

 * 1) Min, one of the Ten Kingdoms of China